Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-26

shaii Nv tor the best interests of said
tribe. it shall be lawful for the secretary
OF the interior to negotiate with
such Indian tribe for the purchase and
by said tribe, in conformity with
the treaty or statute under which such
reservation is held, of such portions OF
it's reservation not allotted as such tribe
shall, from time to time. cousent to sell,
on such terms and conditions as shall be
Just and equitable between
the United Ststea and said tribe of
Indians, which purchase shall not be
complete until ratified by congress,
and the form and manne of executing
such release shall also be prescribed by
congress: Provided however, that ell
lands adapted to agriculture, with or
without irrigation go sold or released to
United States by any Indian tribe shall
be held by the United States for the
sole purpose Of securing homes to actual
settlers and shalt be disposed Of by the
United States TO actuRl bona
fde settlers only in tracts
not exceeding n hundred and sixty
acres TO any q person, on such terms
as congress shall prescribe, subject to
grants which congress may make in aid
OF education; and provided further, that
no patents shall issue therefor except to
the person SO taking the same as for q
homestead, or his heirs, and after the
expiration OF five years occupancy there
OF as such homestead; and any convey
ance of said lands SO taken as a home
stead, or any contract touching the same,
or lien thereon, created prior to the date
OF such patent, shall be null and void.
And the sums agreed to be paid by the
United States as purchase money for any
portion OF any such reservation shall be
held in the treasury Of the United States
for the sole use of the tribe or tribes oil
Indians; to whom such reservation be-
longed; and the same, with interest
thereon at three per cent per amman,
shall be at all times subject
to appropriations by congress for the
education and civilization of snch tribe
or tribes of Indians or the members
thereof. The patents aforesaid shall be
recorded in the general lard office, and
afterward delivered, free OF charge, to
the allottee entitled thereto. Aud if any
religious society or other organization is
now occupying any OF the public lands
to which this act is applicable, for re.
llgious or educational work among the
Indians, the secretary Of the interior is
hereby authorized to confirm such occu-
patton TO such society or organization, il
Quantity not exceeding one hundred and
sixty acres in any tract. so long al
the same shall be SO occupied, on suct
terms as he shall deem Just; but nothing
herein contained shall change or altel
any claim of such society for religious Oh
educational purposes heretofore granted
by law. And hereafter in the employ
ment OF INDIAN police, or any other en-
ployes in the public service among any
of the Indian tribes or bands affected by
this act, and where Indians can perform
the duties required, those Indians who
have avalled themselves Of the provisions
of this act and become citizens OF the
United States shall be preferred.
Sec. 6. That upon the completion o.
OF said allotments and the %patenting o.
the lands to said al~lottees, each an6
every member of the respective LANDS o.
tribes OF Indians to whom aliotnents
lave been made nhall have the benefit
OF and be subject to the laws, both civi
and criminal, of the state or territory il
which they may reside, and no territory
shall pass or enforce any law denying
any such Indian within its jurisdiction
the equal protection OF the Law. Anc
every Indian born within the territorial
limits of the United States to whom al
lotments shall bave been made unde,
the provisions of this act, or under an;
law or treaty, and every Indian borf
within the limits of the United State,
who has voluntarily taken up, within
said limits, his residence separate ano
apart from any tribe of Indians therein
and has adopted the habits of civilized
life. is hereby declared to be o cltizer
OF the United States. and is entitled
to all the rights, privileges, and immu
mites OF euch citizens, whether sait
Indian has been or not, by birth or other
wise, q member Of any tribe OF Indian
with the territorial limits OF the United
States without in manner lmpairing Of
otherwise affecting tho right OF any suci
Indian to tribal or other property
Sec. z. That in cases where the us,
Vt water for irrigation 10 necessary t.
render the lands within any Indlal
reservation available for a%gricultnra
purposes, the secretary of the interior be
and he il hereby, authorized to presorib,
such rules and regulations Of he maJ
deem necessary to secure a just and equa
distribution thereof among the Indian
residing upon any such reservations; ane
no other appropriation or grant OF watel
by. any riparian proprietor shall be
authorized or permitted to the damrRt
OF any other riparian proprietor.
Sec. 3. That the provisions Of THU
act shall not extend to the territory oe-
|oupied by the Oherokees, Greeks,
Choctaws, Ohiokasaws. Seminoles anc
Usage, Miamies and Peorias and SaoE
and Foxes in the Indian territory, nor Il
to any of the reservations of the Seneca
nation OF the New York Indiana of the
state of New York, nc. to that strip O
territory in the state of Nebraska adjoin
ing the Sioux nation on the south added
by executive order.
Sec. 8. That for the purpose OF making
the surveys and resurveys mentioned il
section two OF this act, there be, ant
hereby is, appropriated, out Of any
moneys in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the sum OF one hundred
Thousand dollars. to be repaid proper
tionately ont OF the proceeds of the salel
OF such land as may be acquired from
the Indians under the provisions OF thit
act.
Sec. 10. That nothing in this act con
tanned shall be 70 construed ga TO aEeo'
She right end power OF congress to grant
the right OF way through any lands
granted to an Indian, or a tribe OF
Indians. for railroads or other highways
or telegraph lines, for the public use, o,
TO condemn such lands to public uses
upon making just compensation.
Sec. IL. That nothing IN this &C. shall
be so construed as to prevent the re.
moyal Of the Southern Ute Indians from
their nraaAnt r~AsAYxafion In annkhwask-